Mavis Staples News

The amen-corner is swaying and there's a beam of light that rides down from the rafters at the same time that the joyous romp of praise climbs upwards.

Born in 1940 in Chicago, most of Mavis Staples' career has been as lead singer for the Staple Singers.

Singer Mavis Staples performs with guitarist Rick Holmstrom at the Michigan Theater on Tuesday night in a concert benefiting Avalon Housing, Inc.

Mavis Staples Spend Labor Day with world-renowned blues musicians at the 30th annual Long Beach Blues Festival, whose headliners include Kenny Wayne Shepard and Bobby Womack.

Despite releasing seven albums with his jazz/funk/fusion bands Sax Appeal and Protect The Beat, and a previous solo album, Setting New Standards , British saxophonist Derek Nash remains something of an unsung hero.

Joe Henry's latest album features music he recorded with his son Levon. August 11, 2009 - Joe Henry says his job is "to make something meaningful come out of a pair of speakers." He's been doing it for years on his own albums - he's now made 11 of his own - and as a producer for Solomon Burke , Bettye LaVette , Allen Toussaint , Mavis Staples , ...

Joe Henry's latest album features music he recorded with his son Levon. August 11, 2009 - Joe Henry says his job is "to make something meaningful come out of a pair of speakers." He's been doing it for years on his own albums - he's now made 11 of his own - and as a producer for Solomon Burke , Bettye LaVette , Allen Toussaint , Mavis Staples , ...

Joe Henry's latest album features music he recorded with his son Levon. August 11, 2009 - Joe Henry says his job is "to make something meaningful come out of a pair of speakers." He's been doing it for years on his own albums - he's now made 11 of his own - and as a producer for Solomon Burke , Bettye LaVette , Allen Toussaint , Mavis Staples , ...

"It's the most predictable story told," The Avett Brothers sang Saturday at George Wein's Folk Festival 50; "In with the new, out with the old." That was how the first day played out.

The former lead singer of The Staple Singers and a major voice of the civil rights movement, Mavis Staples has spent her career navigating the worlds of blues, gospel, pop, soul and political folk, mapping where they overlap and drawing unexpected links where they diverge.

On August 18, 2009 Concord Music Group will reissue the timeless Stax Records album Boy Meets Girl: Classic Soul Duets .

Then again, consider the enduring wisdom of Louis Armstrong, who once noted: "All music is folk music.

TREMBLANT, QC, July 12 /CNW Telbec/ - This first weekend kicked off the 16th edition of Tremblant International Blues Festival powered by Volkswagen in collaboration with Molson Ex.

Composer Jerry Herman is 78. Singer Mavis Staples is 70. Folk singer Arlo Guthrie is 62.

The future of the San Francisco Blues Festival remains cloudy after this year's cancellation of the long-running event, but founder and director Tom Mazzolini is carrying on with the third Blues at the Lake concert at Harveys Outdoor Arena in Lake Tahoe on Saturday.

SPECTATORS at this year's SingTel Singapore Grand Prix can expect more entertainment away from the tarmac.

Allen Toussaint and Mavis Staples play a double bill in the ZooTunes concert series at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo today.

The gospel-turned-R&B singer didn't give up. That was the point. It took two summers and three tries to get Mavis Staples headlining an Arts & Ideas Festival concert on the Green.

Founder and producer of the Pocono Blues Festival, Michael Cloeren announces the Vermont Blues Festival will be held the weekend of August 21, 22, and 23, 2009 at Mount Snow Ski Area, West Dover, Vermont featuring 13 national recording artists including Mavis Staples, Elvin Bishop, Magic Slim & the Teardrops, Shemekia Copeland, Lil' Ed and the ...

The 27th annual Matteson Festival features it all this weekend, from free horse rides to to the silkiest of crooners singing their hearts out.